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This brief, readable overview of public administration theory is the only book of its kind. In an area where ideas really make a difference, as those ideas directly affect the way we act in administration, the book?s presentation of multiple viewpoints enables students to develop their own philosophies of public administration, and helps them relate theory to application.

1. Learning about Public Organizations. 2. The Intellectual Heritage: Marx, Weber, and Freud. 3. The Political Heritage: From Wilson to Waldo. 4.... MORE

PREFACE

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

XIII

1 LEARNING ABOUT PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS

(18)

The Acquisition of Knowledge 2

... MORE

Formal Theories of Public Organization

(4)

Building Theories of Public Organization

Public Administration as a Profession

(1)

Focusing on Complex Organizations

(2)

Redefining the Field

(1)

Conclusion

(1)

References

(1)

2 THE INTELLECTUAL HERITAGE: MARX, WEBER, AND FREUD

(20)

Karl Marx

(1)

Transition to Socialism

(1)

Industrial Organization and Individual Development

(1)

Growth of Alienation

(2)

Max Weber

(1)

Rationalization of Social Theory, the Notion of the "Ideal Type"

(4)

Sigmund Freud

(5)

What Can We Learn?

(2)

Conclusion

(1)

References

(2)

3 THE POLITICAL HERITAGE: FROM WILSON TO WALDO

(28)

Beginnings of Public Administration Theory

(4)

Politics-Administration

(3)

The Lingering Influence of Politics-Administration

(2)

Adopting Business Management Techniques

(1)

Scientific Approaches to Management

(5)

Administrative Management and Organizational Structure

(1)

Centralization and Integration

(5)

Efficiency: The Key Measure of Success

(2)

Democratic Administration

(2)

Conclusion

(1)

References

(2)

4 THE RATIONAL MODEL OF ORGANIZATION

(21)

A Science of Human Behavior 67

(5)

The Generic Approach to Administration

The Proverbs of Administration 69

(4)

The Rational Model of Administration

Decision Making and Policy Formulation

(5)

Closed Systems versus Open Systems

(5)

Conclusion

(1)

References

(1)

5 ORGANIZATIONAL HUMANISM AND THE NEW PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

(23)

Themes in Organizational Humanism

(4)

Personality and Organization

(4)

Organization Development in the Public Sector

(4)

The New Public Administration

101

(7)

Conclusion

108

(1)

References

109

(2)

6 THE POLICY EMPHASIS AND THE NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT

111

(36)

Development of the Public Policy Orientation

112

(3)

Responsiveness in Public Policy

115

(10)

Effectiveness in Public Policy

125

(2)

The Discovery of Policy Implementation

127

(4)

Methods of Policy Analysis

131

(1)

The Intellectual Crisis

132

(4)

The New Public Management

136

(8)

Conclusion

144

(1)

References

144

(3)

7 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND THE NEW PUBLIC SERVICE

147

(39)

A Critique of the Rational Model

149

(5)

Interpretive/Action Theory

154

(3)

The Active-Social Paradigm

157

(2)

Critical Social Theory

159

(6)

Postmodernism and Discourse Theory

165

(7)

The New Public Service

172

(10)

Outlining the New Public Service 179

Conclusion

182

(1)

References

183

(3)

8 THE PRACTITIONER AS THEORIST

186

(13)

Theories and Theory Building

187

(3)

Toward Theories of Public Organization

190

(3)

Organizational and Personal Learning

193

(3)

A New Role for Theorists

196

(1)

Conclusion

196

(2)

References

198

(1)

APPENDIX: THE ADMINISTRATIVE JOURNAL

199

(10)

The Journal Format

201

(2)

Working in the Administrative Journal

203

(2)

Examples of Journal Entries

205

(4)

CREDITS

209

(2)

NAME INDEX

211

(3)

SUBJECT INDEX

214

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